Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
# Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Athletics | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Cycling | 1 | | 1 |
| Football 5-a-side | 10 | | 10 |
| Football 7-a-side | 12 | | 12 |
| Goalball | 4 | | 4 |
| Judo | 6 | | 6 |
| Powerlifting | 8 | | 8 |
| Shooting | | 2 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | | 1 |
| Volleyball | 11 | | 11 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | 72 | 7 | 79 |

## Medalists

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Powerlifting | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sitting volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Football 7-a-side | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

Medals by date :

| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | 31 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 September | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 September | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 September | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 September | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 September | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 September | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Zahra Nemati | Archery | Women's individual recurve W1/W2 | 4 September |
| Gold | Peyman Nasiri | Athletics | Men's 1500 m T20 | 4 September |
| Gold | Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Athletics | Men's shot put F54/55/56 | 1 September |
| Gold | Javad Hardani | Athletics | Men's discus throw F37/38 | 7 September |
| Gold | Mohsen Kaedi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F33/34 | 1 September |
| Gold | Mohammad Khalvandi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57/58 | 8 September |
| Gold | Nader Moradi | Powerlifting | Men's 60 kg | 1 September |
| Gold | Ali Hosseini | Powerlifting | Men's 75 kg | 3 September |
| Gold | Majid Farzin | Powerlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 4 September |
| Gold | Siamand Rahman | Powerlifting | Men's +100 kg | 5 September |
| Silver | Mohsen Kaedi | Athletics | Men's shot put F34 | 4 September |
| Silver | Mehrdad Karam Zadeh | Athletics | Men's discus throw F42 | 2 September |
| Silver | Sajad Nikparast | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F12/13 | 5 September |
| Silver | Kamran Shokrisalari | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F42 | 7 September |
| Silver | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F52/53 | 4 September |
| Silver | Rouhollah Rostami | Powerlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 2 September |
| Silver | Volleyball team Majid LashgariReza PeidayeshDavood AlipourianAhmad EiriNaser HassanpourSadegh BigdeliJalil Eimery (captain)Seyed Saeid EbrahimiIsa ZirahiRamezan SalehiMohammad Khaleghi | Volleyball | Men's volleyball | 8 September |
| Bronze | Razieh Shir Mohammadi Zahra Javanmard Zahra Nemati | Archery | Women's team recurve open | 5 September |
| Bronze | Javad Hardani | Athletics | Men's shot put F37/38 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Ali Mohammadyari | Athletics | Men's discus throw F54/55/56 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Farzad Sepahvand | Athletics | Men's discus throw F44 | 6 September |
| Bronze | Football 7-a-side team Mehran Nikoee MajdMoslem KhazaeipirsarabiEhsan GholamhosseinpourMorteza HeidariBahman AnsariHashem RastegarimobinSadegh Hassani BaghiFarzad MehriJasem BakhshiMoslem Akbari (captain)Rasoul AtashafrouzAbdolreza Karimizadeh | Football 7-a-side | Football 7-a-side | 9 September |
| Bronze | Ali Sadeghzadeh | Powerlifting | Men's 100 kg | 5 September |
| Bronze | Sareh Javanmardi | Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 31 August |

## Archery

Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Amin Alikhani Nezhad | Individual recurve standing | 588 | 18 | Kim (KOR) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ebrahim Ranjbar | Individual recurve W1/W2 | 648 | 2 | Bye | Chopyk (UKR) W 7–1 | Shahabipour (IRI) W 7–1 | Sanawi (MAS) L 5–6 | Tseng (TPE) L 3–7 | 4 |
| Roham Shahabipour | Individual recurve W1/W2 | 603 | 7 | Bye | Ozen (TUR) W 6–0 | Ranjbar (IRI) L 1–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Amin Alikhani Nezhad Ebrahim Ranjbar Roham Shahabipour | Team recurve open | 1839 | 4 | — | Bye | South Korea (KOR) L 192–201 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Razieh Shir Mohammadi | Individual recurve standing | 552 | 5 | Bye | Comte (SUI) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zahra Javanmard | Individual recurve standing | 481 | 15 | Walmsley (GBR) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zahra Nemati | Individual recurve W1/W2 | 613 PR | 1 | Bye | Perna (ITA) W 6–0 | Girismen (TUR) W 6–0 | Floreno (ITA) W 6–0 | Mijno (ITA) W 7–3 | |
| Razieh Shir Mohammadi Zahra Javanmard Zahra Nemati | Team recurve open | 1646 | 3 | — | — | Czech Republic (CZE) W 190–167 | South Korea (KOR) L 186–192 | Italy (ITA) W 188–184 | |

## Athletics

### Track events

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Peyman Nasiri | 1500 m T20 | — | — | — | — | 3:58.49 | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Salman Abbariki | Shot put F34 | NM | 16 |
| Mohsen Kaedi | Shot put F34 | 12.94 m AS | |
| Mohsen Kaedi | Javelin throw F33/34 | 38.30 m WR | |
| Javad Hardani | Shot put F37/38 | 15.43 m AS | |
| Javad Hardani | Discus throw F37/38 | 1024 pts WR | |
| Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Shot put F54/55/56 | 988 pts PR | |
| Jalal Khakzadiyeh | Discus throw F32/33/34 | 936 pts | 9 |
| Mehrdad Karam Zadeh | Discus throw F42 | 44.62 m | |
| Farzad Sepahvand | Discus throw F44 | 58.39 m | |
| Ali Mohammadyari | Discus throw F54/55/56 | 978 pts | |
| Sajad Nikparast | Javelin throw F12/13 | 63.15 m | |
| Seyed Erfan Hosseini | Javelin throw F12/13 | 57.94 m | 4 |
| Kamran Shokrisalari | Javelin throw F42 | 52.06 m | |
| Abdolreza Jokar | Javelin throw F52/53 | 920 pts | |
| Mohammad Khalvandi | Javelin throw F57/58 | 50.98 m WR | |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hajar Taktaz | Shot put F11/12 | 970 pts | 5 |
| Marziyeh Sedighi | Shot put F54/55/56 | 837 | 9 |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bahman Golbarnezhad | Men's road race C4-5 | did not finish | did not finish |
| Bahman Golbarnezhad | Men's time trial C4 | did not start | did not start |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bahman Golbarnezhad | Men's 1 km time trial C4-5 | 1:13.799 | 18 |

## Football 5-a-side

The following is the Iran squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 3 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Qualified for the classification round |

### 5th–6th place match

Rank: 6th

## Football 7-a-side

The following is the Iran squad in the football 7-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Qualified for the medal round |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Qualified for the classification round |
| 4 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | Qualified for the classification round |

### Bronze medal match

Rank:

## Goalball

### Men's tournament

| Squad list | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Squad list | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| From: Seyed Mehdi Sayahi Mostafa Shahbazi Hassan Jafari Javad Shirdel | China W 9–5 | 1 | Finland L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Seyed Mehdi Sayahi Mostafa Shahbazi Hassan Jafari Javad Shirdel | Canada W 9–2 | 1 | Finland L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Seyed Mehdi Sayahi Mostafa Shahbazi Hassan Jafari Javad Shirdel | Belgium L 6–8 | 1 | Finland L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Seyed Mehdi Sayahi Mostafa Shahbazi Hassan Jafari Javad Shirdel | South Korea W 4–3 | 1 | Finland L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| From: Seyed Mehdi Sayahi Mostafa Shahbazi Hassan Jafari Javad Shirdel | Algeria W 4–2 | 1 | Finland L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Group B**

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 30 August 2012 13:45 | China | 5 – 9 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 30 August 2012 13:45 | Yao 3 Chen 2 | Report | Sayahi 9 | Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR) |
| 31 August 2012 19:45 | Iran | 9 – 2 | Canada | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 31 August 2012 19:45 | Jafari 4 Sayahi 3 Shahbazi 1 Shirdel 1 | Report | Gaulin 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | Belgium | 8 – 6 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1 | Report | Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 2 September 2012 13:45 | Iran | 4 – 3 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 2 September 2012 13:45 | Sayahi 4 | Report | Hong SW 2 Kim CH 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN) |
| 3 September 2012 10:15 | Iran | 4 – 2 | Algeria | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |
| 3 September 2012 10:15 | Sayahi 2 Jafari 1 Shirdel 1 | Report | Mokrane 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA) |

**Quarter-final**

| 5 September 2012 21:00 | Iran | 1 – 5 | Finland | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 September 2012 21:00 | Sayahi 1 | Report | Posio 3 Mattila 2 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA) |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage First round | Repechage Final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Saeid Rahmati | Men's 66 kg | Falcon (VEN) L 000H–100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohammad Ali Shanani | Men's 73 kg | Solovey (UKR) L 000–101 | did not advance | did not advance | Powell (GBR) W 1103–0101 | Takahashi (JPN) L 0001–100 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Seyed Amir Nattaj | Men's 81 kg | Cimciler (TUR) W 020–0001 | Effron (ARG) L 0012–0112 | did not advance | Bye | Shevchenko (RUS) L 0003–010 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hani Asakereh | Men's 90 kg | Bye | Kretsul (RUS) L 0001–100 | did not advance | G Tapia (MEX) W 100–000 | Dashtseren (MGL) W 100–000 | Lencina (ARG) L 0001–100 | 5 |
| Hamed Alizadeh | Men's 100 kg | Bye | Upmann (GER) W 010–0003 | GG Choi (KOR) L 0001–100 | Bye | Bye | Tenorio (BRA) L 0104–1003 | 5 |
| Hamzeh Nadri | Men's +100 kg | Bye | Silva (BRA) L 000–0011 | did not advance | Papp (HUN) W 001–0002 | JM Park (KOR) W 100–0004 | Dominguez (CUB) L 0003–0101 | 5 |

## Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Amir Jafari | Men's 56 kg | 173 kg | 6 |
| Nader Moradi | Men's 60 kg | 196 kg | |
| Rouhollah Rostami | Men's 67.5 kg | 208 kg | |
| Ali Hosseini | Men's 75 kg | 225 kg | |
| Majid Farzin | Men's 82.5 kg | 237 kg | |
| Seyed Hamed Solhipour | Men's 90 kg | 225 kg | 4 |
| Ali Sadeghzadeh | Men's 100 kg | 235 kg | |
| Siamand Rahman | Men's +100 kg | 280 kg PR | |

## Shooting

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Sareh Javanmardi | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 376 | 3 | 469.0 | |
| Alieh Mahmoudi | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 374 | 4 | 467.1 | 6 |

## Volleyball

### Men's tournament

**Overview**

| Team | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Iran | Rwanda W 3–0 | 1 | Great Britain W 3–0 | Russia W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 1–3 | |
| Iran | China W 3–0 | 1 | Great Britain W 3–0 | Russia W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 1–3 | |
| Iran | Brazil W 3–0 | 1 | Great Britain W 3–0 | Russia W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 1–3 | |
| Iran | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–1 | 1 | Great Britain W 3–0 | Russia W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 1–3 | |

**Roster**

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Head coach: Hadi Rezaei

| № | Name | Date of birth | Position | 2012 club |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Majid Lashgarisanami | 6 August 1979 | UN | Gostareshe Foulad |
| 3 | Reza Peidayesh | 5 September 1978 | WS | Dokhaniyat |
| 4 | Davood Alipourian | 6 May 1985 | SE | Zob Ahan |
| 5 | Ahmad Eiri | 21 March 1988 | M | Gostareshe Foulad |
| 6 | Naser Hassanpour Alinazari | 30 March 1974 | UN | Gonbad |
| 7 | Sadegh Bigdeli | 26 February 1984 | WS | Gostareshe Foulad |
| 8 | Jalil Eimery | 21 September 1972 | SE | Zob Ahan |
| 9 | Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei | 1 July 1979 | OS | Zob Ahan |
| 10 | Isa Zirahi | 4 June 1979 | OS | Zob Ahan |
| 11 | Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei | 11 March 1979 | L | Zob Ahan |
| 12 | Mohammad Khaleghi | 23 October 1981 | SE | Gostareshe Foulad |

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iran | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 12.000 | 322 | 207 | 1.556 |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3.333 | 309 | 240 | 1.288 |
| 3 | Brazil | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 257 | 230 | 1.117 |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 243 | 266 | 0.914 |
| 5 | Rwanda | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 115 | 300 | 0.383 |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Shahin Izadyar | 50 m freestyle S10 | 25.97 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shahin Izadyar | 100 m freestyle S10 | 57.91 AS | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Shahin Izadyar | 100 m breaststroke SB9 | 1:12.23 | 2 | 1:12.47 | 8 |
| Shahin Izadyar | 200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:28.51 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hassan Janfeshan | Singles class 2 | Kim (KOR) L 0–3 | Ruep (AUT) W 3–1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wheelchair tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hossein Mamipour | Men's singles | Jaroszewski (POL) L 2–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
